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December 26, 2012

The HBD year in review

I probably missed something, so remind me of important stuff I should have mentioned here in the comments.

GUNS

Earlier in this year, a prole Hispanic, George Zimmerman, shot and killed a black youth, Trayvon Martin, who was beating him up. Now George Zimmerman is under house arrest, after spending time in jail, and there’s a good chance he’s going to be found guilty of murder and spend a lot more time in jail.

And it was also a year with two really dramatic mass shooters, James Holmes and Adam Lanza.

Reasonable restrictions on the guns most commonly used to commit crimes (handguns) or guns perceived as most dangerous (assault rifles) seem reasonable to me, but we have crazy gun-nuts who think it’s some communist plot to confiscate every gun and turn the United States into communist Russia.

Using a gun in self defense is rather pyrrhic anyway, because you could wind up in prison, as George Zimmerman may. As good as it may feel, emotionally, to dish out vigilante justice, it’s more practical to run and hide.

DERB’S FIRING

John Derbyshire was fired from the National Review for a column he wrote advising white people to avoid blacks because they are dangerous. It’s too bad for George Zimmerman that he didn’t follow Derb’s advice. (Link to the infamous column)

Mitt Romney was the smartest Republican nominee since Richard Nixon. But the stupid elements in the Republican Party, many of whom, unfortunately, comment on this blog, couldn’t stand the idea of someone smart leading the country. Would they rather have a moron like Sarah Palin as president? Or a slimeball like Newt?

(1) Brutal attacks by slimeball Newt Gingrich during the primaries.
(2) Hurricane Sandy which allowed Obama to look presidential and pick up what seemed like an endorsement from Governor Christie who seemed to be trying to suck up to him to get more hurricane relief aid.

OBAMACARE

The Supreme Court did not find it unconstitutional, which is as I predicted because the Supreme Court has not found any economic legislation unconstitutional since the 1930s.

I suggest that you all learn to like it. People who think that the pre-Obama-care healthcare system makes any sense are just blindly repeating Republican talking points.

I am looking forward to being able to retire early and obtain cheap health insurance.

Buffet Rule opponents say that higher taxes for the rich would kill the economy. Funny how out of one side of their mouth they say the tax won’t raise much revenue, but then on the other side they say this tiny increase in taxes will utterly kill the economy. It’s nonsense. A 30% tax rate isn’t that high, and as a tax on income, it doesn’t discourage rich people from starting businesses which generally don’t pay taxes in their startup phase because startups usually don’t have profits.

Earlier this year, I discovered that as many as TWO-THIRDS of the super-rich supported Obama in 2008. Remember that this is a group that doesn’t show up in regular surveys. The super rich want higher taxes.

The Republican super rich who support Republicans tend to be proles like David Siegel.

Exit polls suggested to me that the Republican insistence on shielding the rich from taxation (which the rich, themselves, want) hurt Mitt Romney in the election.

And I should point out as “liberal” as Romney supposedly was, there was no supposedly more “conservative” running against him with an anti-immigration message. Newt was pro-amnesty.

After Romney lost the election, the mainstream Republicans became convinced they must reach out to Hispanics (but not Asians because Republicans imagine that Hispanics will vote Republican because they are Catholic), and probably we will see some sort of amnesty which will create more Hispanic citizens and more Democratic voters.

MULTI-RACIAL ACTRESSES

The trend of seeing multiracial actresses everywhere, usually part-black, continues. I discussed Megalyn Echikunwoke in Damsels in Distress, and just this week, Samantha Barks in Les Miserables.

The HBO series girls was considered racist because all of the girls were white (even though it’s pretty realistic that four white girls would live in Greenpoint, Brooklyn and be friends). Prediction for 2013: a new multi-racial female character.

APPLE

Half Sigma purchased Apple products for the first time in 2012. And he actually likes the iOS devices.

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A majority of states were granted exceptions to No Child Left Behind. Many responded by creating racially-differential standards of "proficiency."

Affirmative Action was almost entirely left out of the election campaign. As soon as it was over, a federal court ruled it unconstitutional that Michigan barred racial preferences. The Justice and Education departments announced plans to increase the use of quotas in every arena of differential achievement; including school suspensions, regardless of differences in behavior.

> a prole Hispanic, George Zimmerman,
He's not a prole. His dad is/was a judge. So Zimmerman might be a prodigal son, but demographically he's at least middle-class, regardless of what his actual income or educational level is.

What's stupid about the Palins (with the exception of Sarah) not going to college? College is a waste of time and money for most people who go, and the Palins have done pretty well so far without it. Todd was making six figures working part of the year in the oil fields, and to his credit (as I noted a while back: http://thehackensack.blogspot.com/2008/08/sarah-palin-todd-palin-and-benefits-of.html ), he used his position as first gentleman of Alaska to encourage more young men to do the same instead of going into debt for useless degrees.

As for the blogger you linked to, she's mocking Track for reenlisting in the Army? Good for him. And why does she write Facebook as two words ("Face book")?

Guns:
Most states reduced restrictions in the last year or two. Guns are not allowed in many places where they were previously prohibited. Barack Obama has not made any move to restrict guns, but the gun zealots amassed much more weaponry just in case.

Buffett Rule:
The Buffett Rule will have no impact on the economy, nor will it raise money for the government. The purpose of the rule is to make people feel good; to make the economically illiterate feel that the "rich are paying their fair share."

Asian-Americans:
The New York Times and other newspapers are finally starting to admit that Asian-Americans are actually under-represented in the nation's elite universities. Maybe next year, journalists will be courageous enough to explain why.

Professor Rushton dies.

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Enough of this long comment. People will confuse me with The Undiscovered Jew!

"Earlier in this year, a prole Hispanic, George Zimmerman, shot and killed a black youth, Trayvon Martin, who was beating him up."

Being that I do NOT subscribe to the Blogosphere's Quasi-Homoerotic Black Male Physical Superiority Fetish, I have not a shred of sympathy for Zimmerman. He should never have let a scrawny black teenager get the best of him. I'll bet one good punch would have sent "thug" Trayvon running home crying for Mommy.

"Using a gun in self defense is rather pyrrhic anyway, because you could wind up in prison, as George Zimmerman may. As good as it may feel, emotionally, to dish out vigilante justice, it’s more practical to run and hide. "

NO responsible advocate for civilian concealed-carry rights would ever say otherwise. Possessing a licensed firearm does not confer any legal rights whatsoever and does not allow one to play cop. All it does is enhance the self-defense abilities that every person already has.

"From now on, white babies are no longer the majority of births. Combined with continued immigration, the coming of the non-white majority is inevitable."

Mexican immigration has plummeted since the start of the recession and actually may be negative.

"The trend of seeing multiracial actresses everywhere, usually part-black, continues. I discussed Megalyn Echikunwoke in Damsels in Distress, and just this week, Samantha Barks in Les Miserables."

Megalyn has obvious black ancestry. Samantha has nothing of the sort. Let's put it this way: if you had a teenage or 20something daughter you'd probably be very upset if she dated a young man who looked mixed-race to the same extent as Megalyn. You wouldn't care if the young man were mixed to the same extent as Samantha.

The trend of seeing multiracial actresses everywhere, usually part-black, continues. I discussed Megalyn Echikunwoke in Damsels in Distress, and just this week, Samantha Barks in Les Miserables."

RE: part-Black actresses and the reasons for their ascent:

1. Aesthetic: West Africans Blacks are not attractive. Hence, both Black and White audiences prefer to see "Black" actresses who have Caucasoid features.

2. Intellectual: HBD 101, other factors being equal, a "Black" actress with substantial White ancestry will be smarter than one who is purely Negroid. Acting isn't brain surgery, but being smarter than the competition never hurts.

This ought to settle the one-drop conondrum. For a male, ask yourself if you'd let him date your daughter. For a female, ask yourself if you'd like to see her naked (assuming young and thin... and for Peter, assuming one more thing).

HS you keep missing why Romney lost - it had nothing to do with him as a candidate and everything to do with Obama as an incumbent president.

There was simply no reason for the majority of voters to not support him.

Obama gave them free healthcare, killed bin Laden and the economy grew while he has been president.

It makes no difference that by any objective metric Obama has been at best mediocre. It just doesn't take much for an incumbent president to get reflected.

The good news is the GOP doesn't have to do much in 2016 to take back the White House. People will be more than ready for a change. That's the biggest reason the party should resist the calls for massive change, like open borders and new gun restrictions. Regardless of what people think they can stay the course so to speak - it would be very unlikely that a democrat wins in 2016.

Speaking of multi-racial people, I just saw an ad for a camera (or cameraphone, can't remember) where there was this entire family of light-mocha skinned blacks. What's funny is that light-skinned black families usually have a lot of variation in tone. After all, light skin indicates mixed ancestry and some people in a mixed family are going to look lighter and others darker. But in this commercial, every single member of the family, maybe 20 people or so, had the exact same skin tone. It was completely unnatural looking and awkward in that it was so obvious that every single actor was chosen on the basis of not being too dark and not being too light.

If anybody can find the commercial, let me know. It's been running for the last few weeks at least. The family is together at Christmas and a man and a woman are trying to get them all to stand still for a picture. They keep acting rowdy, but then I guess the phone is so good they get a good picture anyway. The lady says "Let's eat" and the man nods.

"Unfortunately, Romney lost. Remember that I predicted in 2008 that Obama would be a two term president. And I never said otherwise in 2012, I only said that Romney had the best chance of defeating him"

You may not have explicitly said otherwise in 2012, but you certainly implied it, and in 2011, you did say otherwise, in response to JP:

"[HS: I'm sorry, but this is not a liberal plot, Romney will beat Obama because he has gravitas. The liberal plot is in giving more attention to Palin than she deserves.]"

HS, I enjoyed reading some of your stuff this year, but I'm never sure when you're trolling or if you're just being stupid.

For example, you must know that a bunch of criminals are shot by gun owners acting in self-defense every day across the United States. (Pick up an NRA magazine as they collect some of these newspaper clippings into an article.) Most of the same gun owners never see the inside of a jail. The media-hyped Zimmerman/Trayvon case is not representative of most defensive use of firearms.

Watching Lesley-Ann Brandt in the Spartacus series kindled my appreciation of multiracial black women. She is of the mixed race "colored" South African demographic and has very feminine facial features. Like all other characters in the series, she has a few nude scenes. Definitely boner-inspiring.

"This ought to settle the one-drop conondrum. For a male, ask yourself if you'd let him date your daughter. For a female, ask yourself if you'd like to see her naked (assuming young and thin... and for Peter, assuming one more thing).
A YES in each case means "white." A NO in each case means "black.""

Thanks for acknowledging my feti, er, preference.

Anyway, that test is applicable to males, but not to females. I doubt there are many white men, even among the Stormfront types, who would not want to see an attractive young black woman naked. Or even nail her.

"you must know that a bunch of criminals are shot by gun owners acting in self-defense every day across the United States"

With all the proliferation of statistics, one that is impossible to find is the number of justifiable self-defense shootings by private citizens. One thing that is known is the number of justifiable fatal shootings by police officers. There were 387 in 2010, the most recent year for which statistics were available.

Do tell, mike. In most jurisdictions you have to prove you had no choice to shoot a person and they die then you'll just go to prison. You generally can't shoot someone just because you can legally own a gun. Most people don't want to go to jail over an altercation gone wrong.

Run and hide? With Trayvon was bashing his head on the sidewalk, Zimmerman was in no position to run and hide.

Really, it was the perfect example of why people need to have weapons. Meanwhile, the fact that Zimmerman is facing murder charges and is still called White by many liberals is the perfect example of how anti-White the ruling ideology is.

On guns, two words: Reginald Denny. When violent attacks by Blacks come, they come in waves, by multiple attackers, generally intent on doing maximum physical damage including often, brutal killings.

Since you have (at best) a good chance of being a near vegetable to permanently disabled, ala Denny, and at worst well, DEAD ...

It is better to go out fighting than to simply go limp and act passively. Fighting is ALWAYS better than surrendering, EVERY TIME. Period. This is proven by history.

You can't run and hide during an attack, usually it comes suddenly (like a home invasion for Bob and Nancy Strait, or a sudden and brutal street attack). Yes avoiding trouble is best, by simply not being there. But sometimes you just can't, like you cannot sometimes avoid accidents. That's why there are seatbelts, crush zones, and airbags. And why people want and need guns.

Korean Shopowners. Black mobs. AR-15s. Good outcomes all around. Coming soon: EBTs failing. Black mobs in suburban neighborhoods. "Assault weapons" are a safety valve, they deter at minimal cost raiding parties of non-Whites into White suburbs during economic crises and no EBTs working. Thus promoting social stability by not having Whites brutalized and all over the Daily Mail. That picture of the White guy being stripped naked by the hulking Black thug probably created more Black hatred by English Whites than anything else. [And yes Black guys are on average physically superior to Whites in fighting, this is not even disputed seriously.]

Romney lost because Obama cheated. A sweep of all TEN Swing States and a victory margin of 1.8% with 10 million fewer voters than 2008? I could see a few swing states and Obama squeaking by. But that? Its massive, massive fraud. As phony as Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire's home run records.

Maybe 2% of gun crime deaths yet we need to write new pages of legislation to fix this non-problem that libs are obsessed with.

>>>THE STUPID PALIN FAMILY

The Palin's are average. The political caucus with which HS is most sympatico (CBC) is much dimmer. (By this I mean most Communist.) Which is the average lib obsessed with: agenda-setting CBC or flash in the pan Palins?

>>>MITT ROMNEY

He was the (R) that libs found most tolerable. Hence ...

>>>I am looking forward to being able to retire early and obtain cheap health insurance.

This legislation was written by insurance lobbyists and healthcare costs are rising in every country as a percentage of GDP. Only libs think it will lower costs because libs think that markets always need more pages of industry-written legislation to lower costs and improve services. With HS's universal food stipend and govt run healthcare, only housing is to be left to a slightly free market, because all other goods are merely immiserating positional goods which should be regulated out of existence by state employed professors of sociology.

>>>The Republican super rich who support Republicans tend to be proles like David Siegel.

Villify capitalists to justify taking more of their stuff from them.

>>>And he actually likes the iOS devices.

HS view: Apple has risen to the top through "value-tranference," yet Apple products are better than the much cheaper Android (with FREE operating system.) This may be the most perfect representation of the lib worldview that HS could hope to produce.

You make a fundamental error in stating that it is always better to run and hide. I mean, every self defense Guru and CCW instructor already teaches exactly that. Indeed, doing so is the best way to stay out of trouble with the Law. But what, pray tell, does one do when that is not enough? When trying to get away from a situation triggers a predatory response in the hind-brains of some violent individuals who then react by wanting to kick you several times in the head until you are dead or unconscious? Try to imagine what your thoughts might be of as you await the blow that will turn you into a vegtable. I bet you would, at that time, preferred to have had an armed option.